People v. King

On December 9, 1934, the defendant spent the early evening at El Cajon in company with three other young men, Taylor, Osborne and Smith. About 10 o’clock the four started for San Diego in the defendant’s ear which he drove. On the way the defendant told Smith that a certain doughnut shop would be “an easy place to take” as he had previously held it up. On arriving at this doughnut shop Smith went in and, threatening the proprietor with a pistol, took certain cash and other articles from the cash register while the other three waited in the defendant’s automobile. After Smith returned to the…